Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin: Argeş vs Botoşani Liga 1 full preview

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Competition: Romania Liga 1
Competition: Fri 05.November
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadionul Municipal Nicolae Dobrin (15000 seats)

Both squads are capable in this league, Botoşani enjoying a 3 point edge on Argeş in the league table. Let's go!

Insights:
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga 1

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Argeş form and stats

When playing at home in the Liga 1, Argeş have managed 2 wins, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 6 games.

Argeş lost their last game at FCSB (placed 3rd) after a 1-2 scoreline.

In the game before, an away victory in the Romania Cup match versus Dinamo Bucuresti with a 2-1 scoreline.

Argeş have scored 3 goals here in 6 league matches, a depressing statistic. Argeş have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Botoşani form and stats

Botoşani have an excellent away record in the Liga 1 so far with 4-3-0 from 7 games. Botoşani are enjoying a nice run from their away games now, having played seven in a row without losing.

This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Liga 1 home defeat versus SSC Farul with 0-2 on the scoreboard.

Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Mioveni that ended 1-1.

The visiting Botoşani have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 7 games. Botoşani are defending well in their away games, having conceded only 5 times in 7 matches. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Argeş victory, one draw and one Botoşani win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

ArgeşC. Tănase
C. Tănase
3 goals
BotoşaniH. Ongenda
H. Ongenda
3 goals
ArgeşG. Turda
G. Turda
2 goals

Argeş missing players

Botoşani missing players

Argeş Botoşani
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
14 6 1 Played P 0 7 14
6 2 0 Won W 0 4 6
3 1 0 Drew D 0 3 6
5 3 1 Lost L 0 0 2
13 3 0 Scored S 0 9 13
9 4 1 Conceded C 0 5 11
86% 83% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 86%
43% 17% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 71% 64%
21% 17% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 29% 21%
7% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
21% 17% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 71% 50%
50% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 29% 36%
43% 67% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 29%
 
3.4 3.2 3 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.7 3.7
4 3.3 7 Corners against (avg) C A 0 5.6 5.1
2.2 1.5 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 3 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
8.3 8.8 10 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.4 10.8
2.9 3 4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 3.9 4.4
32% 17% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 33% 21%
 
9.1 9.2 11 Shots against (avg) S A 0 11.1 9.4
3.1 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 3.7 3.3
Key stats in Liga 1 this season:
  • Botoşani have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Botoşani have not yet lost a game away.
  • Botoşani have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Botoşani have scored at least twice as many goals away as Argeş have scored home.
  • Botoşani have scored in all their away matches so far.
  • Botoşani have the fewest matches over the total-line (3) in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have the most points (15) away in Liga 1
  • Botoşani have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Botoşani haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 CFR Cluj 14 12 0 2 20 8 8 8 0 0 15 4 6 4 0 2 5 4 12 36
2 Universitatea Craiova 14 9 1 4 28 12 8 6 1 1 22 5 6 3 0 3 6 7 16 28
3 FCSB 13 8 3 2 25 12 7 6 1 0 21 6 6 2 2 2 4 6 13 27
4 Botoşani 14 6 6 2 13 11 7 2 3 2 4 6 7 4 3 0 9 5 2 24
5 Voluntari 14 8 0 6 17 16 7 5 0 2 10 5 7 3 0 4 7 11 1 24
6 UTA Arad 13 6 5 2 15 8 7 3 3 1 7 4 6 3 2 1 8 4 7 23
7 Rapid Bucuresti 13 6 4 3 16 10 7 3 1 3 6 5 6 3 3 0 10 5 6 22
8 SSC Farul 13 6 3 4 17 8 5 5 0 0 13 1 8 1 3 4 4 7 9 21
9 Argeş 14 6 3 5 13 9 6 2 1 3 3 4 8 4 2 2 10 5 4 21
10 Chindia Targoviste 13 3 5 5 8 9 6 2 2 2 6 5 7 1 3 3 2 4 -1 14
11 Sepsi 14 2 7 5 14 16 8 2 3 3 11 10 6 0 4 2 3 6 -2 13
12 U Craiova 1948 13 3 3 7 10 14 6 2 2 2 4 4 7 1 1 5 6 10 -4 12
13 Gaz Metan Medias 14 3 3 8 11 18 8 2 3 3 7 8 6 1 0 5 4 10 -7 12
14 Mioveni 14 3 3 8 9 22 6 1 2 3 2 5 8 2 1 5 7 17 -13 12
15 Dinamo Bucuresti 14 2 2 10 12 33 7 2 2 3 10 11 7 0 0 7 2 22 -21 8
16 Academica Clinceni 14 0 4 10 10 32 6 0 2 4 4 10 8 0 2 6 6 22 -22 4

Read more about Liga 1

The Liga I, also spelled Liga 1, is the top level of the football pyramid in Romania. It is also known as the Liga 1 Betano due to its sponsor. It has 14 teams playing 26 fixtures each to create a league table for the regular season. The top six teams then play a championship round, the last eight play a relegation round.